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The Psychology of Social Networking Vol. 2 : Identity and Relationships in Online Communities / Giuseppe Riva, Brenda K. Wiederhold, Pietro Cipresso.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter Open, [2016]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 3110473852
  • 9783110473841
  • 3110473844
  • 9783110473858
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 302.30285
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of contributing authors -- Introduction -- 1. A Collective Picture of What Makes People Happy: Words Representing Social Relationships, not Money, are Recurrent with the Word 'Happiness' in Online Newspapers -- 2. The Online Calming Effect: Does the Internet Provide a More Comfortable Modality for Conducting Psychotherapy? -- 3. Feeling Anxious without It: Characteristics of People Prone to Facebook Addiction -- 4. What Determinants Matter When Users Engage in Particular Collaborative Storytelling Websites? Exploring Attractive Gamification Features and Design Guidelines -- 5. Assessment Of Risk Behaviors Related To Substance Use, Bullying and Alterations in Body Image in Adolescents Through a 3D Simulation Program -- 6. Play With My Team-- Modeling Online Game Players' Teamwork Model in Massively Multiplier Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) -- 7. Virtual Environments With Chroma-Keying Video Capture In Psychological Therapy -- 8. Sharing personal experiences and offering advice within online health-based social networks -- 9. The Digital Rage: How Anger is Expressed Online -- 10. College Students' Use of Communication Technology with Parents: Influences of Distance, Gender, and Social Presence -- 11. Internet addiction: an cross-cultural perspective -- 12. My pixels or my friends? Game characters as a lens for understanding user avatars in social networks -- 13. Problem Mobile Phone Use in Spanish and British Adolescents: First steps towards a cross-cultural research in Europe -- 14. Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale 2: update on the psychometric properties among Italian young adults -- 15. Smartphone for social networking: methodological aspects -- List of Figures -- List of Tables.
Summary: This book describe the Psychology of Social Networking. In order to 'be online', an individual has to create an online presence. This online self is presented in different ways, with diverse goals and aims in order to engage in different social media activities and to achieve desired outcomes. The authors propose a wide overview of the psychology of social networking and the several implications of new media in our lives.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of contributing authors -- Introduction -- 1. A Collective Picture of What Makes People Happy: Words Representing Social Relationships, not Money, are Recurrent with the Word 'Happiness' in Online Newspapers -- 2. The Online Calming Effect: Does the Internet Provide a More Comfortable Modality for Conducting Psychotherapy? -- 3. Feeling Anxious without It: Characteristics of People Prone to Facebook Addiction -- 4. What Determinants Matter When Users Engage in Particular Collaborative Storytelling Websites? Exploring Attractive Gamification Features and Design Guidelines -- 5. Assessment Of Risk Behaviors Related To Substance Use, Bullying and Alterations in Body Image in Adolescents Through a 3D Simulation Program -- 6. Play With My Team-- Modeling Online Game Players' Teamwork Model in Massively Multiplier Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) -- 7. Virtual Environments With Chroma-Keying Video Capture In Psychological Therapy -- 8. Sharing personal experiences and offering advice within online health-based social networks -- 9. The Digital Rage: How Anger is Expressed Online -- 10. College Students' Use of Communication Technology with Parents: Influences of Distance, Gender, and Social Presence -- 11. Internet addiction: an cross-cultural perspective -- 12. My pixels or my friends? Game characters as a lens for understanding user avatars in social networks -- 13. Problem Mobile Phone Use in Spanish and British Adolescents: First steps towards a cross-cultural research in Europe -- 14. Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale 2: update on the psychometric properties among Italian young adults -- 15. Smartphone for social networking: methodological aspects -- List of Figures -- List of Tables.

This book describe the Psychology of Social Networking. In order to 'be online', an individual has to create an online presence. This online self is presented in different ways, with diverse goals and aims in order to engage in different social media activities and to achieve desired outcomes. The authors propose a wide overview of the psychology of social networking and the several implications of new media in our lives.

In English.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed September 08, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references.

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